• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.07a
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• pp.330-331
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• 2011

The interleaving method is usually used to reduce the ripple of output current of filter inductor in parallel operation of PWM DC/DC converter. Although the current ripple of filter inductor decreases, each current ripple of filter inductor is not decreased. In this study, the operation of interleaved buck converter with coupled inductor is analyzed in each operation mode. It is verified through experiment. The possibility of application to grid connected inverter with parallel operation is identified.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.88-89
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• 2017

This paper investigates the design of multi-winding coupled inductor for minimum inductor current ripple in rapid traction battery charger systems. Based on the general circuit model of multi-winding coupled inductor together with the operating principles of dc-dc converter, the relationship between the ripple size of inductor current and the coupling factor is derived under the different duty ratio. The optimal coupling factor which corresponds to a minimum inductor ripple current becomes -(1/n-1), i.e. a complete inverse coupling without leakage inductance, as the steady-state duty ratio operating point approaches 1/n, 2/n, … or (n1)/n. In an opposite manner, the optimal coupling factor value of zero, i.e. zero mutual inductance, is required when the steady-state duty ratio operating point approaches either zero or one.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.500-506
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• 2012

In this paper, a non-isolated high step-up and high efficiency boost converter is proposed. By using the 3-level boost converter structure, the proposed converter can obtain higher voltage gain than conventional high step-up converters. The voltage spike of the switching device is well clamped by using the clamp circuit composed of a clamp diode and a capacitor and the energy of the leakage inductor of coupled inductor is effectively transferred to output. Due to the 3-level structure, the equivalent switching frequency of the coupled inductor is doubled, which results in reduced inductor size. A 500 W prototype converter is built and tested to verify performance of the proposed converter.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.440-449
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• 2014

This study proposes an LLC series resonant converter with a current doubler using a coupled inductor as a rectification circuit for the secondary side. The current doubler circuit is generally used for a high-voltage input and low-voltage output circuit to obtain high efficiency with small transformer turn ratio. However, an inductive circuit is not generally used in the secondary side of an LLC series resonant converter. If inductive components exist on the secondary side, the resonant characteristics are changed through the secondary inductive circuit. Mathematical analysis shows that the secondary-side current doubler with coupled inductor is not affected by the resonant characteristic of the primary LLC if leakage inductance occurs in the coupled inductor. Results of the analysis are proven by simulation; an experiment is also conducted for the proposed circuit.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.1480-1488
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• 2015

In this paper, a revolutionary buck converter is proposed with soft-switching technology, which is realized by a coupled inductor. Both zero-voltage switching (ZVS) of main switch and zero-current switching (ZCS) of freewheeling diode are achieved at turn on and turn off without using any auxiliary circuits by the resonance between the parasitic capacitor and the coupled inductor. Furthermore, the peak voltages of the main switch and the peak current of the freewheeling diode are significantly reduced by the coupled inductor. As a result, the proposed converter has the advantages of simple circuit, convenient control, low consumption and so on. The detailed operation principles and steady-state analysis of the proposed ZVS-ZCS buck converter are presented, and detailed power loss analysis and some simulation results are also included. Finally, experimental results based on a 200-W prototype are provided to verify the theory and design of the proposed converter.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.86-95
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• 2015

An active clamp high step-up boost converter with a coupled inductor is proposed in this paper. In the proposed strategy, a coupled inductor is adopted to achieve a high voltage gain. The clamp circuit is included to achieve the zero-voltage-switching (ZVS) condition for both the main and clamp switches. A rectifier composed of a capacitor and a diode is added to reduce the voltage stress of the output rectifier diode. As a result, diodes with a low reverse-recovery time and forward voltage-drop can be utilized. Since the voltage stresses of the main and clamp switches are far below the output voltage, low-voltage-rated MOSFETs can be adopted to reduce conduction losses. Moreover, the reverse-recovery losses of the diodes are reduced due to the inherent leakage inductance of the coupled inductor. Therefore, high efficiency can be expected. Firstly, the derivation of the proposed converter is given and the operation analysis is described. Then, a steady-state performance analysis of the proposed converter is analyzed in detail. Finally, a 250 W prototype is built to verify the analysis. The measured maximum efficiency of the prototype is 95%.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2010.07a
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• pp.470-471
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• 2010

In this paper, the coupled inductor with three branches in two interleaved converter are analyzed to effectively suppress the high frequency circulating current since the circulating current controller cannot mitigate the high frequency circulating current. As a result, the novel averaged model including the coupled inductor with zero sequence components is developed for reducing the low and high frequency circulating current simultaneously.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.809-819
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• 2017

In this paper, a new coupled inductor DC-DC converter with a high step-up voltage gain is proposed. It is developed from a clamp-mode coupled-inductor boost converter by incorporating an additional capacitor and diode. The proposed converter is able to achieve the higher voltage gain, while still retaining the switch voltage clamp property of its predecessor. In the paper, operation and analysis of the proposed converter are described. Experimental results from a prototype converter are presented to verify the validity of the analysis. The prototype circuit attains the highest efficiency of 92.8%.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2016.07a
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• pp.60-61
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 interleaved 벅-컨버터를 영-전압 스위칭으로 구동하기 위한 새로운 회로를 제안한다. 제안하는 회로는 두개의 벅-컨버터 모듈과 보조 회로로 구성된다. 보조 회로는 coupled-inductor와 커패시터로 구성된다. Coupled-inductor에 흐르는 전류가 스위치가 꺼지기 전에 스위치의 전류의 방향을 바꾸어서 영 전압 스위칭을 달성한다. 제안하는 회로는 보조회로에 반도체 소자를 추가하지 않고 수동 소자만으로 구성하여 신뢰성의 저하를 막는다. 또한 수동 소자만으로 구성된 보조 회로로 인해 발생하는 도통 손실의 증가를 최소화 한다. 제안하는 회로는 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.04a
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• pp.159-162
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• 2004

The paper proposes the coupled inductor rectifier of Three Level DC/DC converter CICDR-TL(Coupled Inductor Current Doubler Rectifier-Three Level) achieves Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) for the switches in a wide load range and Zero Current Switching (ZCS) in a light load range. Advantages and disadvantages of this topology compared to the conventional Center Tapped TL Converter are discussed. Experimental evaluation results obtained on a 27V 60A DC/DC converter prototype for the 1.8kW 40kHz IGBT based experimental circuit.